Avent I | De lui tu es l'enfant, tu es l'ami

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by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Dem bist du kind, dem freund

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Dem bist du kind, dem freund.
Ich seh in dir den Gott
Den schauernd ich erkannt
Dem meine andacht gilt.

Du kamst am lezten tag
Da ich von harren siech
Da ich des betens müd
Mich in die nacht verlor:

Du an dem strahl mir kund
Der durch mein dunkel floß,
Am tritte der die saat
Sogleich erblühen ließ.

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Text Authorship:

by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), "Kunfttag I", appears in Der siebente Ring, in Maximin, no. 1 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Kunfttag", 1908-9, from Vier Lieder, no. 2. [
text verified 1 time
]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , title 1: "Future day", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Avent I", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

Avent I

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

De lui tu es l'enfant, tu es l'ami,
Je vois en toi le Dieu,
Qu'en tremblant j'ai reconnu,
À qui ma dévotion s'adresse.

Tu es venu le dernier jour
Où malade d'attente
Et fatiguée de prier
J'étais perdue dans la nuit :

Tu t'es annoncé par le rayon
Qui a traversé mon obscurité,
Par le pas par qui la semence
Aussitôt a éclos.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), "Kunfttag I", appears in Der siebente Ring, in Maximin, no. 1
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This text was added to the website: 2011-12-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 62